Fuel Cells use in hospitals
1. Fuel Cells use in hospitals empowers efficient healthcare
Fuel cells use in hospitals helps them to decrease their carbon emissions. Hospitals rely on energy to provide critical services for the people in our communities. Our platforms can help hospitals advance sustainability goals while saving on energy. Through our Power Purchase Agreements hospitals can upgrade facilities without the upfront investment.
Fuel Cell Energy’s 1.4 MW plant generates savings for Hartford Hospital by producing ultra-clean electricity and heat. The small footprint, quiet operation, and clean emissions profile make fuel cell systems easy to site on a hospital’s campus.
https://www.fuelcellenergy.com/solutions/buildings/hospitals
2. Clean and efficient energy for hospitals
Fuel cells use in hospitals helps to reduce their electricity needs as well as their carbon footprints.
West Coast community hospital finds that its decision to install a fuel cell helps it meet its long-term sustainability goals. It provides clean, efficient energy that cuts costs and carbon emissions.
Since the fuel cell was installed in 2010, the hospital has been able to conserve 1.2 million gallons of water annually and achieve energy savings of $170,000 a year.
Committed to improving the patient care experience through advanced technology and services, the hospital installed a Doosan PureCell Model 400 fuel cell. It provides clean, reliable energy to the 350,000-sq. ft. facility.
The unit provides 0.64 million Btu/h of high-grade heat (250 F) for space heating and 0.88 million Btu/h of lower-grade heat (140 F) for hot water heating.
It meets 63 percent of the hospital’s electricity needs and 50 percent of the facility’s space heating and hot water requirements. This is acieved with a on-site distributed generation – reducing the hospital’s reliance on the power grid.
https://www.hfmmagazine.com/articles/1988-fuel-cell-generates-clean-efficient-energy-for-hospitals
3. Hospital Microgrids: Shifting to Diesel-Free Hospitals
Fuel cells use in hospitals helps them to reduce the consumption of diesel oil. Every hospital relies on a resilient supply of power during crisis situations such as extreme weather events. These events result in power outages, leading to deferring or canceling certain types of patient procedures that must be done when the hospital is fully powered. The requirement for resilient energy mandates most hospital networks to install solutions like diesel generators to provide backup power. This assists them to support essential functions such as emergency room operations, ventilators, imaging, and operating room equipment.
Back-up diesel generators come at a significant cost to the environment and air quality, harming the health of local communities that hospitals are serving. Microgrids from Bloom Energy provide clean, resilient power. They allow hospitals to island their power requirements, reducing or eliminating the need to rely on diesel backup power.
Bloom is treated as a normal source of power for hospitals — meaning — Bloom plays the same role as the grid. With this architecture, hospitals can choose to perform elective procedures even during grid outages. It helps them to avoid lost patient care days, the need to set up call centers, and other resources to manage information to patients.
By connecting a fuel cell microgrid as normal source, hospitals constantly save on energy costs and save against a loss of revenue due to short or long outages.
https://www.bloomenergy.com/blog/hospital-microgrids-shifting-to-diesel-free-hospitals/
4. Israel’s first hospital hydrogen backup power solution is a lifesaver
ABB partners with GenCell to install Israel’s first hydrogen backup power solution for a hospital.
Unique hydrogen-based Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) ensures reliable power for life-saving equipment 24/7.
It helps the hospital to protect patients, reduce emissions and costly downtime and repair work.
ABB has collaborated with Israel fuel cell manufacturer GenCell to install a unique hydrogen-based Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) system at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Israel. The breakthrough fuel cell backup technology is a first for an Israeli hospital, with the innovative solution guaranteed to keep the power on 24/7 for critical life-saving equipment and procedures.
Located in Hadera, the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center serves a population of 450,000. The UPS system will not only keep patients safe and ensure continuity of care, but the use of hydrogen will also reduce the hospital’s environmental impact and cut operating costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hillel Yaffe is already respected globally for its progressive approach to sustainability. It was the first hospital in Israel to be granted the ‘Green Label’ certificate from the Standards Institution of Israel and the Environment Ministry.
5. Hartford hospital – 1.4 MW fuel cell
Hartford Hospital entered into a long-term Energy Purchase Agreement with Hartford Steam Company to install a 1.4 Megawatt fuel cell at its premises. The Steam Company is jointly owned by Basalt Infrastructure Partners (Basalt) and DCO Energy, LLC (DCO). The project was completed in December 2013. The 1.4 megawatt fuel cell power plant was installed immediately adjacent to the hospital. It occupies only about 2,250 square feet, which is minimal for renewable power generation. The ultra-clean electricity and steam generated by the power plant results in savings to the Hospital. Excess heat not used by the hospital is supplied to the district heating system in Hartford that is owned and operated by Hartford Steam.
https://www.dcoenergy.com/node/157
A low carbon emissions energy system in hospitals
